Boot hanging device

ABSTRACT

A block type member is affixed to a boot in the arch area thereof between the sole and the heel. The member abuts the planar front surface of the heel and has a slot formed therein opening from a surface thereof affixed to the boot in a manner whereby the slot releasably accommodates an external hook therein for hanging the boot from an external projection.

D United States Patent 11 1 [111 3,889,399 Emrich June 17, 1975 BOOTHANGING DEVICE 1,300,998 4/l9l9 Nelson 36/1 Inventor: y P. Emrich, nFrancisco 3,529,367 9/1970 Brown 36/1 Calif. Primary Examiner-Patrick D.Lawson [73] Asslgnee' z i ggrsg mgf Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Daniel JayTick [22] Filed: Sept. 3, 1974 211 Appl. No.: 502,457 [57] ABSTRACT Ablock type member is affixed to a boot in the arch [52] U.S. Cl 36/1;12/123 area thereof between the s l a d th heel. The mem- [51] Int. Cl.A430 00/00; A43d 3/00 ber abuts h p a r r m surfa of the heel and has[58] Field of Search 36/1 2,5 R; 12/103, 1, a slot formed thereinopening from a surface thereof 12/123 affixed to the boot in a mannerwhereby the slot releasably accommodates an external hook therein for[56] Ref nces Cit d hanging the boot from an external projection.

UNITED STATES PATENTS 323,97l 8/1885 Swan 36/l 3 Claims 4 DrawingFigures 1 BOOT HANGING DEVICE DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The presentinvention relates to a boot hanging device. More particularly, theinvention relates to a boot hanging device for hanging a boot upsidedown from a projection to air out and dry.

Objects of the invention are to provide a boot hanging device of simplestructure, which is inexpensive in manufacture, is installed on new andused boots with facility and convenience, used with facility, rapidity,convenience and confort, and functions efficiently, effectively andreliably to permit the hanging of a boot upside down from an externalprojection to enable the boot to air out and dry.

In order that the invention may be readily carried into effect, it willnow be described with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

FIG. 1 is schematic diagram of a pair of boot hanging devices of theinvention in use;

FIG. 2 is a bottom view, on an enlarged scale, of the arch area of aboot;

FIG. 3 is a view, partly in section, taken along the lines lll-llI, ofFIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is a view, on an enlarged scale, taken along the lines lV-IV, ofFIG. 2.

In the FlGS., the same components are identified by the same referencenumerals.

The boot hanging device of the invention is for hanging a boot 1, 2, orthe like (FIG. I), upside down form an external projection 3 to air outand dry. The boot 2, for example, has a sole 4, heel 5 and an arch area6 between the sole and the heel. The heel 5 has a substantially planarfront surface 7 at substantially right angles with the sole 4 anddefining the arch area 6 with the sole (FIGS. 2, 3 and 4).

The boot hanging device of the invention comprises a block type member 8affixed to the boot in the arch area 6 thereof and abutting the frontsurface 7 of the heel 5. The block type member 8 has a slot 9 formedtherein opening from a surface 10 thereof (FIG. 4) affixed to the boot.The slot 9 releasably accommodates an external hook 11 therein forhanging the boot from an external projection 3, as shown in FIG. 1. Thisis accomplished, for example, by a chain 12 (FIGS. 1 and 4) affixed tothe book 11.

The block type member 8 preferably comprises rubber and has an innersurface 10 substantially abutting the sole 4 of the boot (FIG. 4), anouter surface 13 (FIGSs. 3 and 4) parallel to the inner surface 10, aheel surface 14 (FIGS. 2 and 4) between the inner and outer surfacessubstantially abutting the front surface 7 of the heel S, and a frontsurface 15 (FIG. 4) between the inner and outer surfaces 10 and 13. Thefront surface 15 is angularly inclined from the outer surface 13 to theinner surface 10. The slot 9 extends into the block type member 8 fromthe inner surface 10.

The dimension of the front surface 7 of the heel 5 from the sole 4 andperpendicularly to the sole is greater than the dimension of the heelsurface 14 of the block type member 8 corresponding thereto. The outersurface 13 of the block type member 8 is thus spaced from the groundwhen the boot is worn.

While the invention has been described by means of a specific exampleand in a specific embodiment, I do not wish to be limited thereto, forobvious modifications will occur to those skilled in the art withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A boot hanging device for hanging a boot upside down from an externalprojection to air out and dry, the boot having a sole, a heel and anarch area therebetween with the heel having a substantially planar frontsurface at substantially right angles with the sole and defining thearch area with the sole, said boot hanging device comprising a blocktype member affixed to the boot in the arch area thereof and abuttingthe front surface of the heel, the block type member having a slotformed therein opening from a surface thereof affixed to the boot in amanner whereby the slot releasably accommodates an external hook thereinfor hanging the boot from an external projection.

2. A boot hanging device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the block typemember comprises a rubber and has an inner surface substantiallyabutting the sole of the boot, an outer surface parallel to the innersurface, a heel surface between the inner and outer surfacessubstantially abutting the front surface of the heel and a front surfacebetween the inner and outer surfaces, angularly inclined from the outersurface to the inner surface, and wherein the slot extends into theblock type member from the inner surface.

3. A boot hanging device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the dimension ofthe front surface of the heel from the sole and perpendicularly to thesole is greater than the dimension of the heel surface of the block typemember corresponding thereto whereby the outer surface of the block typemember is spaced from the ground when the boot is worn.

1. A boot hanging device for hanging a boot upside down from an externalprojection to air out and dry, the boot having a sole, a heel and anarch area therebetween with the heel having a substantially planar frontsurface at substantially right angles with the sole and defining thearch area with the sole, said boot hanging device comprising a blocktype member affixed to the boot in the arch area thereof and abuttingthe front surface of the heel, the block type member having a slotformed therein opening from a surface thereof affixed to the boot in amanner whereby the slot releasably accommodates an external hook thereinfor hanging the boot from an external projection.
 2. A boot hangingdevice as claimed in claim 1, wherein the block type member comprises arubber and has an inner surface substantially abutting the sole of theboot, an outer surface parallel to the inner surface, a heel surfacebetween the inner and outer surfaces substantially abutting the frontsurface of the heel and a front surface between the inner and outersurfaces, angularly inclined from the outer surface to the innersurface, and wherein the slot extends into the block type member fromthe inner surface.
 3. A boot hanging device as claimed in claim 2,wherein the dimension of the front surface of the heel from the sole andperpendicularly to the sole is greater than the dimension of the heelsurface of the block type member corresponding thereto whereby the outersurface of the block type member is spaced from the ground when the bootis worn.